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		<title>QLD Public hospital policy of paying patients&#8217; insurance excess</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 05:51:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>NIB axes obesity cover and cuts entitlements for hip and knee replacements, obstetric care, renal dialysis and cardiac procedures</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:53:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There has also been a 60 per cent increase in the numbers of patients claiming for the procedures over the same three-year period. Just over 650 members were treated for obesity procedures in 2008-09. A spokesman for the fund, which accounts for about 7 per cent of the national health insurance market, said each obesity [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=healthinsuranceaustralia.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11074192&amp;post=187&amp;subd=healthinsuranceaustralia&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Medibank Opens Urgent Medical Treatment Clinic</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 06:08:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, you need not fret no more the next time you require treatment! A local insurance company, Medibank Private Health Insurance recently announced the opening of Australia&#8217;s first Rapid Care Clinic in Brisbane which offers urgent medical treatment for minor injuries. The clinic promises patients faster treatment for injuries and illnesses that require immediate attention [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=healthinsuranceaustralia.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11074192&amp;post=186&amp;subd=healthinsuranceaustralia&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>AHM We Love Healthy Competition ad campign</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:56:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>YouCompare launch &#8216;Health Insurance&#8217; comparison.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:25:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Medibank Private 10 most Expensive Health Insurance Claims in 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 05:53:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[National Chart Toppers 2010 &#8211; Procedure &#38; Total Benefit List 1&#160;&#160;&#160;Neonatal surgery and post-operative care:&#160;&#160;&#160;$439,626 2&#160;&#160;&#160;Neonatal surgery and post-operative care:&#160;&#160;&#160;$350,420 3&#160;&#160;&#160;Neonatal surgery and post-operative care:&#160;&#160;&#160;$281,669 4&#160;&#160;&#160;Neonatal surgery and post-operative care:&#160;&#160;&#160;$277,289 5&#160;&#160;&#160;Acute respiratory failure:&#160;&#160;&#160;$269,972 6&#160;&#160;&#160;Coronary artery bypass: &#160;&#160;&#160;$246,869 7&#160;&#160;&#160;Bowel surgery – rectal resection:&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; $241,052 8&#160;&#160;&#160;Oesophagectomy with gastric reconstruction:&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;$240,500 9&#160;&#160;&#160;Neonatal surgery and post-operative care:&#160;&#160;&#160;$214,102 10&#160;&#160;&#160;Bowel surgery &#8211; [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=healthinsuranceaustralia.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11074192&amp;post=183&amp;subd=healthinsuranceaustralia&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Medibank Private  5.74% increase 1 April 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 23:45:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>MBF health insurance premiums up by 5.62%</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 23:42:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MBF will put its premiums up by 5.62% in the April 2010 annual increases. Posted via web from Health Insurance Australia<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=healthinsuranceaustralia.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11074192&amp;post=181&amp;subd=healthinsuranceaustralia&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>NIB health insurance to increase 5.85%, an average of $130 rise</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 23:38:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NIB chief executive Mark Fitzgibbon conceded NIB&#8217;s 5.95 per cent increase would be unpopular with some policyholders. About 74 per cent of NIB customers face an increase of about $2.50 a week. &#8220;People never like the idea of price increases, whether its health insurance, milk or bread, and we are conscious of that,&#8221; Mr Fitzgibbon [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=healthinsuranceaustralia.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11074192&amp;post=180&amp;subd=healthinsuranceaustralia&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Health insurance to rise an average of 5.78%</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 22:51:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now&#8217;s the time to lock in your existing rates, if you can. Ms Roxon announced yesterday that premiums would increase by an average of 5.78 per cent from April 1 &#8212; three times the annual 2.1 per cent rate of headline inflation and nearly double the 3.4 per cent underlying rate preferred by the Reserve [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=healthinsuranceaustralia.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11074192&amp;post=178&amp;subd=healthinsuranceaustralia&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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